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This is a task force of WikiProject Television for the coverage of episode related content (as opposed to over-all show information, or other general TV article). This includes Lists of episodes, season / series / story arc articles, and individual episode articles.

This task force is the result of merging WP:TVE and WP:LOE. You will find all those guidelines, templates, and advice on this page, as well as new information. This was done to better organize all articles relating to episode-level detail.

See also: Wikipedia:Television episodes, our guidelines on writing articles on individual television episodes.

Guidelines

Wikipedia:Television episodes
Wikipedia:Notability (fiction)
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)
WP:TV-REVIEW Television article review process

Participants

User TV Eps

This user is a member of the WikiProject Television Episode coverage task force.

Technically speaking, anyone who edits / contributes to TV and episode articles is a participant, and there are no requirements other than that. If one wishes they can further identify themselves with the task force by adding {{User TV Eps}} to their user page.

Article assessment

Episode coverage articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	1	8	30	51		13	103
FL		16	59	15		59	149
GA	6	19	129	695		1,118	1,967
B	2	4	23	104		264	397
C	2	9	76	400		1,788	2,275
Start	5	11	107	1,382		4,710	6,215
Stub	1		5	110		820	936
List		20	148	639		3,678	4,485
Category					3,682		3,682
Disambig					59		59
File					204		204
Portal					1		1
Project					35		35
Redirect		2	7	453	47,733		48,195
Template					111		111
NA					13		13
Other					72		72
Assessed	17	89	584	3,849	51,910	12,450	68,899
Unassessed						750	750
Total	17	89	584	3,849	51,910	13,200	69,649
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 50,921			Ω = 4.28

Some advice regarding television episode article assessment:

Top-importance episodes have attained a status of significant importance not just to a single television series, but to the history of television or pop culture at large. Examples: "Job Switching" (I Love Lucy), "The Last Show" (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
High-importance episodes are very important or notable in the context of an individual series, and has gained recognition to general audiences outside of that series as well. Examples: "The Contest" (Seinfeld), "Made in America" (The Sopranos)
Mid-importance episodes may have particular significance in the context of an individual show, but has not necessarily gained significant importance outside of that series. Examples: "The One with Ross's Wedding" (Friends), "Scott Tenorman Must Die" (South Park)
Low-importance episodes are not of any particular importance, within the context of the series of the individual series or otherwise, but still satisfy Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Examples: "Ron and Tammy" (Parks and Recreation), "Lemon of Troy" (The Simpsons)

Alerts

Did you know

20 May 2025 – The Price (The Last of Us) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Rhain (t · c); see discussion
18 May 2025 – The Interstellar Song Contest (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TheDoctorWho (t · c); see discussion
17 May 2025 – The Story & the Engine (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TheDoctorWho (t · c); see discussion
12 May 2025 – Feel Her Love (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Rhain (t · c); see discussion
09 May 2025 – Pilot (Arrested Development) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Crystal Drawers (t · c); see discussion
05 May 2025 – Day One (The Last of Us) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Rhain (t · c); see discussion
05 May 2025 – Lucky Day (Doctor Who) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TheDoctorWho (t · c); see discussion
28 Apr 2025 – The Path (The Last of Us) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Rhain (t · c); see discussion
27 Apr 2025 – Just Say Yes (Ted) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Crystal Drawers (t · c); see discussion
23 Apr 2025 – Lux (Doctor Who) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TheDoctorWho (t · c); see discussion

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Categories for discussion

12 May 2025 – Category:The King of Queens episodes (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by (Oinkers42) (t · c); see discussion
12 May 2025 – Category:Faerie Tale Theatre episodes (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by (Oinkers42) (t · c); see discussion
12 May 2025 – Category:Red vs. Blue episodes (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by (Oinkers42) (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

17 May 2025 – The Doctors (series 1) (talk · edit · hist) →List of Medics (Polish TV series) episodes was RfDed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c); see discussion
13 May 2025 – Urges (talk · edit · hist) →List of Space Ghost Coast to Coast episodes#ep18 was RfDed by Duckmather (t · c); see discussion
08 Apr 2025 – The Needs of the Many (talk · edit · hist) →Heroes Reborn (miniseries)#ep4 was RfDed by Oreocooke (t · c); see discussion

Files for discussion

12 May 2025 – File:Moon waffles.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Homer the Heretic) was FfDed by Unknown Temptation (t · c); see discussion

Individual episodes

Featured articles

These articles about television episodes reached featured article status. You can use them as an example of what a well written episode article should look like.

"Aquaman (TV program)" – Pilot episode for an Aquaman series, which was never picked up.
"The Stolen Earth" – Episode of Doctor Who
"Hell Is Other Robots" – Episode of Futurama
"Subway" – Episode of Homicide: Life on the Street
"Pilot (House)" – First episode of House.
"Greatest Hits (Lost)" – Episode of Lost.
"Through the Looking Glass (Lost)" – Episode of Lost.
"Abyssinia, Henry" – Episode of M*A*S*H.
"No Such Thing as Vampires" – Episode of Moonlight.
"Premiere (The O.C.)" – Episode of The O.C..
"Pilot (Smallville)" – Episode of Smallville.
"A Streetcar Named Marge" – Episode of The Simpsons.
"Cape Feare" – Episode of The Simpsons.
"Homer's Enemy" – Episode of The Simpsons.
"Homer's Phobia" – Episode of The Simpsons.
"Lisa the Skeptic" – Episode of The Simpsons.
"The Joy of Sect" – Episode of The Simpsons.
"You Only Move Twice" – Episode of The Simpsons.
"Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" – Episode of South Park
"Damien" – Episode of South Park
"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" – Episode of South Park
"Starvin' Marvin" – Episode of South Park
"Trapped in the Closet" – Episode of South Park
"Volcano" – Episode of South Park
"Weight Gain 4000" – Episode of South Park
"Interactions" – Episode of The Spectacular Spider-Man

Writing episode pages

Lists of episodes

Featured lists

The following lists of episodes have been identifed as Featured lists:

See Wikipedia:Featured lists#Media for a full list of TV-related Featured lists.

List guidelines

Until a new guideline/how-to is made, simply follow the example of other Featured lists.

(see also, #Templates below for the structure guidelines via templates)

Additional relevant guidelines and advice:

Wikipedia:Featured lists

Wikipedia:What is a featured list?

Templates

{{Episode list}}
- Simplifies the method of creating new lists in a table format, using the project's recommended layout. Participants are encouraged to begin applying them to episode lists.
{{Japanese episode list}}
- For anime and other Japanese-related episodes. Provides the same options as the above template, but with Japanese specific parameters (such as "KanjiTitle", etc) for ease of use.
For lists that only list titles and air dates, etc, and do not include summaries, remove |ShortSummary=, which will remove the summary cell, colored line separator and default cell coloring.
Please be sure to use {{Start date}} for the first-broadcast date of each episode.